un desa report final sustainable energy consumption in africa by stephen karekezi jennifer wangeci and ezekiel manyara african policy research network afrepren fwd p o box 30979 00100 gpo nairobi kenya tel 254 20 566032 or 571467 fax 561464 566231 3740524 email africaonline co ke website www org 14 th may 2004 i executive summary comparison with other regions such as latin america middle east europe north has one of the lowest per capita rates modern is very low heavily reliant on traditional biomass between 1995 2001 sub saharan remained small stagnant falling slightly from an average 138 kgs oil equivalent kgoe to 126 about 13 world 979 iea 1998 2003 bank 2003a many analysts use levels argue that definition not a major issue its environmental impact should be significant concern they makers more concerned
